UAlbany sweeps Siena 7-0

In just under 2.5 hours the UAlbany women’s tennis team finished off crosstown rival Siena 7-0 at Tri-City Tennis and Fitness. The Danes took the doubles point with a ‘Sesame Street’ finish, then completed the sweep with convincing wins in all six singles in which they averaged giving up only 1.5 games per set to the Saints.

All three doubles teams got back on the winning track after losing to aggressive Binghamton doubles teams the night before. Each started slowly but then once they figured out their opponents, they sprinted to the finish. The #1 team of Rocio Lopez-Livia Gherman finished first, followed quickly by the #2 team, Kirsten Scott-Cheryl Kukkonen. And closing out the doubles sweep in rank order was the #3 team, Sarah Iannone-AuBrey Brooks.

Brooks and Iannone, while last to finish in doubles, were the first in singles. Brooks, playing #6 on the front courts next to #1,2 and 3, led the way with a quick 6-1,6-1 win, while Iannone completed her #5 match only a moment later on the back courts, 6-3,6-0. Lopez edged to a 3-2 lead in the first set, then pulled away winning nine straight games to take the #1 match 6-2,6-0. Scott had one streak end, that of being “first off with a win”. But her more important streak, that of being undefeated in dual matches, continued with ease even though she was playing in the #2 spot for the first time. Gherman followed her with a well-played victory at #3. Closing out the sweep was freshman Kukkonen who won 6-1, 6-4 at #4.

It was a good finish to their competitive weekend. The Danes raised their record to 4-2 on the season. Now they focus on Colgate who comes to town for a Wed., 1:00 match at Tri-City. And on the horizon is their next AmericaEast conference foe, the Stony Brook Seawolves, this Saturday in Bethlehem, PA.